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carolsartain
Jun 16, 20207 min read
Very Important Pieces Series: Purses
Going back a few hundred years, purses were bags with easy access slits that were tied around a woman’s waist by a string and hung...
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carolsartain
Jun 9, 20203 min read
Very Important Pieces Series: Scarves
As I’ve written before, sometimes I feel like sharing thoughts about the really significant things in life, such as cast iron pans,...
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carolsartain
Jun 2, 20206 min read
Very Important Pieces Series: Hats
Long ago, some intrepid warrior made his first kill and announced it to the world by plucking a feather and sticking it in his headband....
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carolsartain
Jun 2, 20206 min read
To Knit or Crochet? The Matter of Hobbies
To knit or crochet: that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the body to suffer the stings and sorrows of overstrained rotator cuffs...
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carolsartain
May 19, 20208 min read
A New Picture Lamp
All I wanted was for the light fixture that lit a framed print over my fireplace to work again. In 2004, I had asked a buddy, an Angel of...
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carolsartain
May 12, 20205 min read
Fear and Loathing
There once was a man I worked for, a genius who later spearheaded development of a computer system using time warping, a project the head...
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carolsartain
May 5, 20205 min read
Ad Copy 101 Part 3 - Storytelling
Previously, on last week’s episode of Ad Copy 101, the fear-filled heroine tackled the dragon of misunderstanding, emerged victorious,...
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carolsartain
Apr 28, 20205 min read
Ad Copy 101, Part 2- Understanding
In Part 1 of this series, I ended by asserting the first step toward writing good junk mail is learning to listen to the customer. Books...
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carolsartain
Apr 21, 20207 min read
Ad Copy 101, Part 1 - The Formative Years
When people ask me what I used to do, I usually say, “I wrote junk mail.” Then they look at me oddly as if they surely misunderstood,...
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carolsartain
Apr 14, 20205 min read
Ceramics Painting 101
You thought I was going to write about wet clay and potters’ wheels, didn’t you? Nope. The clay is too slimy and I get bored trying to...
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carolsartain
Apr 7, 20206 min read
A Proper Pot of Tea
Did it ever cross your mind that tea is one of the few items enjoyed equally by the posh toffs and grimy grubbers of the world? Aspects...
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carolsartain
Mar 31, 20205 min read
Just One More Bead
French bead weaving: anyone remember it or even heard of it? I had never known such a thing existed until I came upon several instruction...
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carolsartain
Mar 24, 20205 min read
Horses
I love horses, all kinds and sizes. I’ve loved them long before I was eight when I spent the entire summer on the floor in front of our...
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carolsartain
Mar 17, 20204 min read
What Game Are We Playing?
Eons ago I was pretending to be a manager at a computer development and manufacturing company. One of the books I read in my efforts to...
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carolsartain
Mar 10, 20208 min read
Where's the Prosecco?
Everything happens for a reason and the reasons Zoe wanted to host a dinner party at my house were threefold. (Also, her name is not...
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carolsartain
Mar 3, 20206 min read
Slightly OCD
One of my best friends proudly announces to any new group, “Hello. My name is Mitch and I am OCD.” No he doesn’t. I made that up. What he...
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carolsartain
Feb 25, 20206 min read
Phys Ed 101
Everyone tells me exercise is good for me and I should try it. I have tried it and I don’t like it. This is not a character flaw; it’s...
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carolsartain
Feb 18, 20208 min read
Neighbors
Neighbors can make or break a place, can’t they? Unless you live on ten or more acres of your own homestead and can stand naked on your...
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carolsartain
Feb 11, 20205 min read
Living in Flat Land
This blog was going to be titled Flatland because that’s how I describe the new mental state I’ve fallen into the past several weeks....
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carolsartain
Feb 4, 20205 min read
Wall Painting and the Great Sugar Dive
Some people are born with innate talents that no amount of parental guidance can eradicate. Muralists are one such breed. I have no doubt...
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